PPT-The Illusion of Mental Pictures

Zenon Pylyshyn Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science httpruccsrutgersedufacultypylyshynhtml The illusion of mental pictures There is no question that we all but about 2 of us experience mental images and in some sense use them to recall anticipate and enjoy life in the absence of the things and people that we imagine. Trans R Soc Lond B 1997 352 11211128 Department of Psychology University of Bristol 8 Woodland Road Bristol BS8 1TA UK Summary Following Hermann von Helmholtz who described visual perceptions as unconscious inferences from sensory data and knowledge Stage 1, . Module 5. Copyright © 2011 Ted Dudley . Objectives. For the student to understand the factors which affect the physiology of flight. To become familiar with the regulations which govern the student and private pilot, and general aviation flight. through the illusion is to take a step that is prerequisite for a correct understanding of vagueness, and for any satisfying dissolution of its a : Now the vagueness of a vague predicate is ineradica What a . CONCLUSION. should do~. 1. . Restate the thesis. -remind readers of your main point~. 2. . Sum up the reasons/topics. 3. . Final Thought. -one last sentence to arouse the reader's emotions~. Load your pictures: . Open your email and save each picture to your computer. I suggest saving to the My Documents or My Images folder. . OR. Place your thumb drive in the computer and leave it there. . Imagine that you are outside on a clear night in which there are no clouds, and there is a bright FULL MOON. Pretend that on a table in front of you are objects that range in size from a BB to a beach ball as follows:. :. Conflicting Appearance. What does this drawing look like?. Can you see something else?. What is an optical illusion? . An optical illusion . is seeing something that does not exist or that is different than it appears to be.. How does your brain perceive objects?. What is it?. Duck or bunny. Count the black dots.. Are the lines straight or diagonal?. What is it?. Man playing horn, or a woman’s face?. What is it?. Skull or woman looking into a mirror?. 65 - 28. 71 - 39. 80 - 46. Explain what you did so that a second grader will understand.. Subtraction in . Alphabitia. . CBD. − . ADC. Let’s subtract. CBD . - ADC. =. . CBD is . 1. BB 2. Pea 3. Dime. 4. Penny 5. Nickel 6. Quarter. 7. Golf ball 8. Baseball 9. Softball. 10. Small salad plate 11. Large dinner plate 12. Frisbee. 13. Basketball 14. Beach ball. Please pretend that you are going to pick one of these things that WHEN HELD AT ARM’S LENGTH JUST COVERS UP THE MOON. Imagine that you are picking one that when you hold it in your hand will JUST BARELY COVER UP THE MOON so that you can no longer see it.. Outline: Sensation and Perception. Define key terms. Describe the relationship between the physical world and its psychological representation (i.e., . sensation. ).. Discuss how we use psychological representations to identify objects (i.e., . Illusion-. Allusion-. Draw a line ½ way between the paper. #19. Illusion-. . something that is (or likely) wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses (a distortion of the senses). a deceptive appearance or impression. On the right you see the silhouette of a spinning figurine. Does she spin clockwise or counterclockwise?. Now keep watching.. Can you mentally make her spin in the other direction? . Silhouettes are ambiguous. They can turn either way and it would look exactly the same. Our brains try to reconstruct the third dimension, adding information that is not really there.. WHAT IS MENTAL COMPETENCY ?. In . law, it means having a basic knowledge of the court proceedings. .. A. bility . of a person to be rational, to express themselves and fitness to be able to give testimony in court .